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Spot the difference – Porsche releases the first pictures of the refreshed new Cayenne. Meet the new Cayenne – a car that’s evolving in true Porsche style. And it needs all the help it can get because it’s competing against the Audi Q7, Range Rover Sport, BMW X5 and X6. …

Toyota’s best-selling Prius hybrid sets 698 mpg fuel economy bechmark at 12.9-mile speed track. Most manufacturers head to Germany’s famed Nürburgring to set speed records – Toyota decided to do it their way… Toyota turned tradition on its head when they took their Prius Plug-in hybrid to the track, setting …

Racing driver Mark Webber chauffeurs tennis icon Maria Sharapova to top tennis party. Mark Webber and Maria Sharapova arrived in style for the glamorous Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Pre-Wimbledon Party in London. The works Porsche Le Mans driver drove Sharapova in a 918 Spyder – the most powerful Porsche road …

Japanese car giant Toyota celebrates sales of 100,000 hybrids in the UK. It’s hard to believe, but Toyota launched its first generation Prius on October 19, 2000. Now, 14 years on, 100,000 Toyota hybrids have been sold in the UK. So it’s fitting that the landmark car was a British-built …

Volkswagen has taken the wraps off its new hot hatch hybrid. VW claim the GTE will combine “the benefits of electric mobility with the dynamics of a Golf GTI”. The new Golf is now available in five drive types – petrol, diesel, electric, hybrid and natural gas (not in the …